On a Tuesday night in which the Colorado women’s basketball team celebrated superfan Peggy Coppom’s 100th birthday, the Buffs set a new season-high in points scored, running past the Utah State Aggies, 95-65.
Utah State made things interesting in the first half, shooting a blistering 8-of-15 from 3-point land. CU also started hot from the field, shooting 58.1%. Still, it only led 46-39 lead entering halftime.
The Buffs dialed up the heat in the third quarter. They outscored the Aggies 27-3 and held Utah State to 1-of-13 from the field. CU’s offense stayed strong in the fourth quarter, finishing five points short of the century mark in the 30-point win.
Forward Lior Garzon led the way while setting a new career-high with 28 points scored. The Oklahoma State transfer was excellent from beyond the arc as she went 5-for-6 from 3-point territory. Forward Jade Masogayo (17) and guard Frida Formann (15) joined Garzon in reaching double figures. Masogayo also reached a new career-high in assists with six.
With the third quarter being the difference in the game, I asked head coach JR Payne what her message was at halftime:
“Limit turnovers, make better decisions, make clean passes,” Payne said. “We wanted to be aggressive. We wanted to contest higher on the perimeter because they were shooting the 3 so well. We wanted to keep rebounding like we were. We kind of covered everything.”
CU is now 5-1 on the young season. Up next, it’ll visit Utah Tech on Nov. 27.
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